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  • Joint Personnel Recovery Training in Afghanistan

    Airmen, Soldiers build partnership for life-saving mission in Afghanistan

    Rescue Airmen from the 64th Expeditionary Rescue Squadron and Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crews from C Co. 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion have developed a strong partnership over the last several months to enable an essential military mission: personnel recovery. The Airmen and Soldiers work and train together regularly at Kandahar Airfield to ensure they are always ready to save lives when the time comes.
  • Senior Airmen Coty Polito, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescue specialist, gives Master Sgt. Paige Frye, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing paralegal, an intravenous solution during a joint mass casualty and extraction exercise, June 16, 2016 at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Airmen from the 455th AEW acted as wounded patients, with injuries that included broken limbs, loss of eye sight and deliria. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tyrona Lawson)

    Making the difference on the battlefield

    Living by the motto “That others may live” Air Force pararescue specialists ensure that they are trained to the highest standards to conduct personnel recovery operations. It is these highly skilled individuals that provide the only dedicated U.S. personnel recovery assets in Afghanistan.Recently Airmen from the 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron
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